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27 Jul 06
27 Jul 06
Originally posted by StarValleyWyinteresting..... so apart from islambashing do you and your family have any hobbies?
ammm.... try to close out your bold there genius.
My son does work as a research chemist in the chemical warfare field.
He trains special forces (and others) on how to catch camel foogers using naught but candy and pretty boys.
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27 Jul 06
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Originally posted by StarValleyWyHow about fed up with being betrayed by the Republican party that supposedly is for reducing the size and reach of the Federal Government and yet during the entire GW Bush administration has done just the opposite. By involving us in an unnecessary, costly, and endless war in Iraq all the while driving up expenditures on social programs and the like at home. Like Sasquatch I'm a Goldwater/Reagan conservative and I'm actually looking forward to end of the Bush administration.
Fed up with what? Maybe you just don't get it. Before we go further, reply to your own poser. Fed up with what yeti? Fighting beheaders?
28 Jul 06
Originally posted by UllrYou simply cannot vote for either of the two major parties and expect anything other than superficial change. Vote Libertarian. Vote anythng other than Democrat or Republican.
How about fed up with being betrayed by the Republican party that supposedly is for reducing the size and reach of the Federal Government and yet during the entire GW Bush administration has done just the opposite. By involving us in an unnecessary, costly, and endless war in Iraq all the while driving up expenditures on social programs and the like at home. ...[text shortened]... dwater/Reagan conservative and I'm actually looking forward to end of the Bush administration.
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28 Jul 06
Originally posted by DelmerAt this point I agree and will be voting Libertarian next time around.
You simply cannot vote for either of the two major parties and expect anything other than superficial change. Vote Libertarian. Vote anythng other than Democrat or Republican.
28 Jul 06
Originally posted by SALADINYou seem to like "Thick" Americans. Can I suggest a Ron Jeremy or John Holmes movie? Trust me, the chicks don't wear Burkhas....but that won't be you primary indulgence, right?...."thick" Americans will be though...pleasant viewing, Salami
hahahahhahahah you make me laugh. You really are another of thoses THICK americans who thinks this war is for Freedom.
You got any kids in the army?..... thought not!
28 Jul 06
Hey, I support this war, but have no delusion that it is preserving American freedom, does that make me a "THICK american"?
And while I don't have kids, some of my better friends are in the army, I certainly don't want them to die, but it is a risk they choose to take, for reasons I agree with, so I don't think we should back down out of cowardice.
28 Jul 06
Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnowThere are lots of 'shoulds' in there, when really the post you were replying to seemed to be more about whether there was a CHOICE between working and not working.
Boo hoo, there is no reason for women not to work, other than obviously getting maternity leave when they have kids. I personally wouldn't want to marry someone who was just going to stay home and raise kids while I work all day. As much of a pain as that can be, it shouldn't be her full-time job (just a second full-tiime job, shared between husband ...[text shortened]... ith one exception, have been working and having jobs since before the depression in the 20's.
Personally I'm not comfortable with a society where a couple can't sit down, look through the economics and decide that one of them (either one) is going to stay at home and dedicate themselves full-time to raising children, because they value that higher than additional dollars. If the additional dollars are needed just to get by, then that choice has been removed.
28 Jul 06
Originally posted by sasquatch672You pose a good question, my friend. A good question indeed. The answer, you say? Give me some time.
Saw a clip on CNN today about a father who's lost both his sons in Iraq. A coworker's husband is in Falluja right now, and another coworker's son just got back from Iraq. Meanwhile, Exxon reports record profits quarter after quarter.
I also read an article about Tom Brokaw's address to this year's graduating class at Stanford. He praised them fo ...[text shortened]... troll-posts like "HA HA HA America's only getting what it deserves"?
28 Jul 06
Originally posted by sasquatch672This is the one that really struck me. It's one area where the constitutional situation in America is markedly different from here in Australia and the UK. It seems to have been a conscious choice when America was founded to keep the legislative and executive branches separate, whereas they are somewhat fused in the UK and arguably even moreso in Australia in practice.
Is it right that Congressional Republicans criminally neglect their constitutionally-mandated role to oversee the executive branch, because Bush is 'their guy'?
I really don't know any of the details of what's happening in America re accountability of the executive, but it's clear that your tradition is for Congressmen and women to be able to criticise a President of the same political persuasion. If you're heading in our direction, towards party solidarity being valued over constitutional roles, then I can only say that in my opinion it's a bad direction to head.
28 Jul 06
Originally posted by StarValleyWyYou've been well trained, haven't you? 🙄
I'm not surprised that you are surprised by my reaction. You don't seem to get much. In any fashion.
Is not the title of this thread an effort to support the defeat of the US and thus indirectly support the beheaders?
"When Will Americans Get Fed Up?"
Fed up with what? Maybe you just don't get it. Before we go further, reply to your own poser. Fed up with what yeti? Fighting beheaders?
28 Jul 06
Originally posted by sasquatch672Don't take it personally, Mike accuses eveybody who disagrees with him of being a communist. I believe he grew up in an era when the 'commies' were the enemy (and a scary one at that), and such tactics were prevalent and successful.
I've been called a lot of things, Mike, but I've never - ever - been called a Marxist. Pistols or swords?
Yours truly,
Another Worn Out Commie